-56- Evening Breeze
Zhao Jinghuan immediately understood that Lu Kai had already visited Boss Chen with the Evening Breeze design drawings and had even drafted a contract. She clearly remembered that Lu Kai had been convinced that night, but she hadn't expected him to change his mind. Zhao Jinghuan told Boss Chen over the phone not to rush to mail the contract. Boss Chen replied, "The courier has already taken it. I was just letting you know. What's the matter? Is there a problem with the contract?" Zhao Jinghuan didn't know how to explain herself, so she just said, "We'll get back to you later," and immediately rode her electric scooter back to the studio. She called Lu Kai several times on the way, but no one answered. Arriving in Waikiki after more than half an hour, Zhao Jinghuan hurried upstairs to find everyone else there except Dorasi. Zhao Jinghuan didn't bother to ask why Lu Kai hadn't answered the phone, but simply pulled him into the back room. "What's going on with Boss Chen?" Lu Kai frowned. "How did you know?" Zhao Jinghuan said Boss Chen had called her to inquire about the contract. Lu Kai curled his lips and complained, "That old Chen is so unreliable." Zhao Jinghuan asked him why he signed the contract with Boss Chen: "Didn't we talk about this the other day? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" Lu Kai said, "Wanfeng is leaving." "Did he tell you?" "Huh?" Lu Kai frowned at her. "You knew about this too?" Zhao Jinghuan was stunned for a moment, then realized there was no point in hiding it any longer. She said, "Wanfeng said he wanted to wait until he was ready before telling you." Lu Kai was clearly unhappy: "When will he be ready? After he gets on the high-speed train? It's been a long time, and I'm the last to know." As they were talking, they suddenly heard the voice of a deliveryman outside. Zhao Jinghuan said, "It's broken," and hurried out, but she was still a step too late. The deliveryman had already handed the contract to Wanfeng at the door. The contract was wrapped in a transparent folder. The first page listed the information of both parties and the name of Chaowan: Nuanfeng. The name was chosen randomly by Lu Kai, and Wan Feng didn't recognize it. But when he saw Zhao Jinghuan coming out of the inner room with a nervous look on his face, he roughly guessed the reason. Wan Feng opened the folder and turned to the last page of the contract. Sure enough, he saw the familiar design drawings. At this time, Lu Kai also walked out of the room. Wan Feng took the contract and looked at Lu Kai with confusion. He asked Lu Kai what was going on. Lu Kai said: "It's what you saw. I negotiated a new cooperation with Boss Chen on behalf of the company." Wan Feng said: "But you...
Zhao Jinghuan immediately realized that Lu Kai had already gone to see Boss Chen with the Evening Breeze design drawings and had even drafted a contract. She clearly remembered that Lu Kai had been convinced by her that night, but she didn't expect him to change his mind.
Zhao Jinghuan told Boss Chen over the phone not to rush to mail the contract. Boss Chen replied, "The courier has already taken it. I'm just letting you know. What's the matter? Is there a problem with the contract?"
Zhao Jinghuan didn't know how to explain it, so he could only say, "We'll contact you later," and then he rode his electric bike to the studio.
On the way, she called Lu Kai several times, but no one answered. After arriving in Waikiki in over half an hour, Zhao Jinghuan hurried upstairs and found that everyone except Dorasi was there. Zhao Jinghuan didn't bother to ask why Lu Kai didn't answer the phone, and directly pulled him into the back room.
"What's going on with Boss Chen?"
Lu Kai frowned. "How did you know?" Zhao Jinghuan said that Boss Chen called her to inquire about the contract. Lu Kai curled his lips and complained, "This old Chen is really unreliable."
Zhao Jinghuan asked him why he signed the contract with Boss Chen: "Didn't we talk about it the other day? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Lu Kai said, "The evening breeze is leaving."
"Did he tell you?"
"Hmm?" Lu Kai frowned and looked at her: "You know about this too?"
Zhao Jinghuan was stunned for a moment, then realized that there was no need to hide it any longer. She said, "Wanfeng said he wants to wait until he's ready before telling you."
Lu Kai was obviously unhappy: "When will he be ready? After he gets on the high-speed train? It's been going on for a long time, and I'm the last one to know."
As the two were talking, they suddenly heard the voice of the courier boy outside. Zhao Jinghuan said, "It's broken." He hurriedly trotted outside, but he was still a step too late.
The courier boy has handed the contract to Wanfeng at the door.
The contract was wrapped in a transparent folder, with the information of both parties and the name of the trendy toy written on the first page: Nuanfeng.
The name was a random one Lu Kai had chosen, and Wan Feng didn't recognize it. But when he saw Zhao Jinghuan coming out of the inner room with a nervous look on her face, he roughly guessed the reason. Wan Feng opened the folder and turned to the last page of the contract, and sure enough, he saw the familiar design drawing.
At this time, Lu Kai also walked out of the house.
Wan Feng held the contract and looked at Lu Kai with a confused look on his face. He asked Lu Kai what was going on. Lu Kai said, "That's what you saw. I negotiated a new cooperation with Boss Chen on behalf of the company."
Evening Breeze said, "But you are using the image I designed."
Lu Kai said, "Really? I asked you the other day, didn't you say you've never designed your own IP image?"
"I'm not satisfied with my design. I don't think it's worth showing it off, let alone making it." Wan Feng said, "Where did you find it? Did you secretly use my computer?" He completely didn't understand why Lu Kai did this. "Why did you make it? You didn't even tell me."
Lu Kai said, "Did you inform me that you were leaving?"
Wan Feng subconsciously looked at Zhao Jinghuan behind Lu Kai. Zhao Jinghuan quickly waved her hands, indicating that she was not the one who leaked the secret. Lu Kai also said: "It's not Jinghuan, I learned it from my mother."
Wan Feng said "Oh", feeling a little disappointed, but he still explained to Lu Kai: "I'm not hiding it from you on purpose, I just haven't figured out how to tell you..." He hesitated for a moment before saying solemnly, "Lu Kai, I've decided to leave the studio... I haven't been in a good state recently, and I want to take a break for a while and see what to do next."
Lu Kai asked him: "But no matter how you leave, you have decided not to come back, right?"
Wanfeng nodded. "That's enough. I don't have Dorasi's talent, and I don't know how to work hard. I work very hard, but I still feel that I'm getting further and further away from my goal. I can no longer find the joy I had when we first started making trendy toys. In fact... I even feel so miserable."
Wanfeng said, "I now feel that doing something I don't like and don't care about will actually make me happy. I won't have to worry about whether I have talent or not, and I won't be so anxious about gains and losses."
Lu Kai nodded, but his words seemed to be filled with resentment: "It's okay, as long as you are happy." He snatched the contract from Wan Feng's hand and turned to walk towards his workstation.
Wanfeng thought Lu Kai would tear up the contract, but he just threw it on the table. Wanfeng asked Lu Kai: "You will go and talk to Mr. Chen to cancel the contract, right?"
Lu Kai shook his head: "No, I will make it."
"Why?"
Lu Kai said, "You're leaving soon, why do you still care about it?"
Zhao Jinghuan, who was standing by, finally couldn't help it: "Lu Kai, don't say such angry words."
Lu Kai said he wasn't speaking in anger: "I must make it." Zhao Jinghuan asked him why he was so insistent, and Lu Kai said: "Because he will regret it."
Lu Kai turned his head and looked at Wan Feng:
"If I don't make it, you'll definitely regret it later. When you find a boring job and settle into your stable new life, you'll start to regret not persevering a little longer and letting your work come out."
Wanfeng frowned and said nothing, but Lu Kai picked up the contract on the table and said, "Wanfeng, just tell me that you will never regret it, and will never feel sorry for never having a work of your own, and I will tear up this contract."
The evening breeze looked up at him and said, "But it's not good enough."
Lu Kai said: "That's not what I want to hear. What I want to hear is that you won't regret it."
Wan Feng said, "Lu Kai, if you send it to the production line now, you'll only create another piece of unsalable waste in the world. The probability of its success is less than one percent."
"Tell me you won't regret it."
Wanfeng said: "I know you are good to me, and you don't want me to have any regrets when I leave, but I just don't have the ability to do so, no matter how you think or see it..."
"Tell me you won't regret it!" Lu Kai interrupted Wan Feng loudly. He looked into Wan Feng's eyes and spoke each word with great solemnity, "Tell me you won't regret it."
Wan Feng shook his head helplessly, but Lu Kai suddenly became motivated: "If your work is not good enough, then work hard to make it better. This is what you want to do, what you like to do. You spent so much time and energy, and in the end you didn't even get on the runway once?"
Wan Feng said: "Lu Kai, I don't have that ability."
Lu Kai said, "Your ability is not something you can decide. The studio doesn't just have you. We also have Tomato, me, and Dorasi. We can all help you. As long as you want it, we can definitely..."
"I don't have this ability, I don't have this ability..." Wanfeng suddenly roared, "How many times do you want me to hear me say this! I don't have this ability!!!"
He snatched the contract from Lu Kai's hand and flipped through the last page. Wan Feng held up the renderings of his own design and leaned close to Lu Kai's face. "If you want to do it, do it. If you want to lose money, lose money, but take a good look at this! This is the next product Waikiki is launching after the success of Little Freckles! Tell me, what will the players think? What will you think? What will Dorasi think? What about me? What will I think? Lu Kai! I have regrets, of course I have regrets! My regrets are huge, but my regrets are not because I don't have any works, but because I actually want to make trendy toys and want to be an artist. I'm obviously an idiot who can only do useless work. I'm just a waste with no talent!"
His face flushed as he glared at Lu Kai, his hand holding the contract raised high as if he was going to throw it in Lu Kai's face. However, he paused, changed his mind at the last moment, and threw the contract hard to the ground.
Lu Kai and Wan Feng had known each other for nearly ten years. During these ten years, Wan Feng had never even said a harsh word to Lu Kai, but now he seemed like he was crazy.
Lu Kai was frightened by Wan Feng's hysterical appearance. After a long while, he finally squeezed out a sentence: "You are not a waste, you...
"You are the evening breeze..."
Wanfeng's flushed face gradually faded, and he stared at the contract he had thrown on the ground for a long time.
"I will soon no longer be the evening breeze...
Soon, very soon I will be just Zhou Lecheng."
Author's Note
Yaunai
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06-19
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